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A professional who tends battery of warp-knitting machines to knit diverse products, such as tulle, lace, net, fabrics for outer and undergarments, elastic fabric for foundation garments, and carpet material. Responsibilities include:
* Patrols knitting area and inspects cloth for defects, such as holes, yarn breaks, and discolorations.
* Ties broken yarn ends with fingers.
* Stops machine and notifies supervisor when unable to determine cause of defects.
* Records number and type of defects.
* Hand-weaves new threads over and under lease rods, threads yarn through guides, using hook, and ties warp ends with fingers to attach new warp to corresponding threads of old warp.
* Cuts excess thread from knots, using scissors.
* May replace defective needles, using hook and wrench.
* May help position warp beams i on machine and doff rolls of knitted cloth from machine, using chain hoist and handtools.
* May lubricate machines, using oilcan and brush.
* May tend machines that knit milanese, raschel, or tricot fabrics and be designated according to machine type as milanese-knitting-machine operator; raschel-knitting-machine operator; tricot-knitting-machine operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends battery of warp-knitting machines to knit diverse products, such as tulle, lace, net, fabrics for outer and undergarments, elastic fabric for foundation garments, and carpet material. Responsibilities include:
* Patrols knitting area and inspects cloth for defects, such as holes, yarn breaks, and discolorations.
* Ties broken yarn ends with fingers.
* Stops machine and notifies supervisor when unable to determine cause of defects.
* Records number and type of defects.
* Hand-weaves new threads over and under lease rods, threads yarn through guides, using hook, and ties warp ends with fingers to attach new warp to corresponding threads of old warp.
* Cuts excess thread from knots, using scissors.
* May replace defective needles, using hook and wrench.
* May help position warp beams i on machine and doff rolls of knitted cloth from machine, using chain hoist and handtools.
* May lubricate machines, using oilcan and brush.
* May tend machines that knit milanese, raschel, or tricot fabrics and be designated according to machine type as milanese-knitting-machine operator; raschel-knitting-machine operator; tricot-knitting-machine operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who threads warp yarn through needles to prepare warp-knitting machine for knitting. Responsibilities include:
* Removes paper covering from warp spools or beam mounted on machine, and turns spools or beams to align yarn ends.
* Cuts tape holding warp threads at intervals, using scissors.
* Loops yarn ends over sley points (yarn guides) and pulls ends to front of machine.
* Draws yarn through open hooks of needles, using threader and dobber, and ties ends in bunches to facilitate handling.
* Starts machine and winds end of cloth on takeup roll. Ties broken threads with fingers, and assists in hanging warps and cleaning machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine to crochet trimmings on knitted garments. Responsibilities include:
* Selects spools of thread according to specifications, or color of garment, and mounts spools on holder of machine.
* Threads needle and yarn carrier or looper of machine.
* Depresses pedal to clamp edge of material under presser foot of machine.
* Starts machine and guides material under crocheting needle.
* Stops machine, turns handwheel to raise needle from garment, and cuts threads with scissors.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine to crochet trimmings on knitted garments. Responsibilities include:
* Selects spools of thread according to specifications, or color of garment, and mounts spools on holder of machine.
* Threads needle and yarn carrier or looper of machine.
* Depresses pedal to clamp edge of material under presser foot of machine.
* Starts machine and guides material under crocheting needle.
* Stops machine, turns handwheel to raise needle from garment, and cuts threads with scissors.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who installs needle jacks in pattern wheels that control operation of needles in circular knitting machines, following pattern chart.
* Removes top of pattern wheel and inserts jacks in notches of wheel.
* May paint mark on top of pattern wheels to indicate where pattern begins.
* May punch out grooves in metal blades and install blades or metal pins in pattern drums and be designated pattern-drum maker.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assembles pattern chains that control pattern-forming motion of guide bars (flat metal bars on which yarn guides are attached) on knitting machines. Responsibilities include:
* Selects pattern-chain links according to pattern diagram.
* Marks links according to sequence in chain, using bevel square and scriber.
* Holds link against electric grinder to bevel end down to marking so link will adjust guide bars smoothly.
* Inserts connecting pins through holes in links to assemble links that form pattern chain.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who feeds knitted mufflers under needle of machine that automatically forms fringes.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who feeds knitted mufflers under needle of machine that automatically forms fringes.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists knitting-machine operator to knit cloth. Responsibilities include:
* Creels machines and ties yarn ends from each supply cone to yarn ends on exhausted cones.
* Cuts knitted cloth with shears and doffs cloth rolls from machines.
* Trucks cloth rolls from knitting area.
* Replaces broken knitting machine needles, using needle pliers, wrench, and screwdriver.
* Cleans machine and work area, using airhose, rags, and brooms and performs other duties described under helper master title.
* May be designated according to worker assisted as circular-knitter helper; flat-knitter helper; tie-knitter helper; warp-knitter helper.
Industry:Professional careers
